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upscale adj.高消费的；高端的adv.高消费地；高级地vt.提高；提升 (1) 他家后来搬到诺伊市，一个高消费的郊区。 If your friend takes you to a fancy, expensive restaurant for your birthday, you can describe it using the word upscale. Upscale neighborhoods are full of lovely, high-priced homes, and upscale vacations might involve yachts, exotic beaches, and private planes. Upscale is the opposite of downscale, which you could use to describe a run-down motel or a grubby, cheap diner. Both adjectives first came into use in the mid-1960's.

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英 [ˌʌp'skeɪl] 美 [ˌʌp'skeɪl] (1) The family later moved to Neuilly-sur-Seine, an upscale suburb. Things that are upscale are made for rich people — they are high class, well made, or just plain pricey. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（产品或服务）高档的，质优价高的 Upscale is used to describe products or services that are expensive, of good quality, and intended to appeal to people in a high social class.   [usu ADJ n]  [ADV after v]  [AM 美]Vodka has acquired an upscale image in the US.伏特加在美国已树立起高档商品的形象。...upscale department-store chains such as Bloomingdale's and Saks Fifth Avenue.诸如布鲁明黛和萨克斯第五大街等高级百货连锁店Upscale is also an adverb.T-shirts, the epitome of American casualness, have moved upscale.象征美国休闲风格的T恤，已经向高端消费市场迈进。in BRIT, use 英国英语用 upmarket

英语单词	upscale
英美音标	英 [ˌʌp'skeɪl] 美 [ˌʌp'skeɪl]
中文释义	adj.高消费的；高端的 adv.高消费地；高级地 vt.提高；提升
英语例句	(1) The family later moved to Neuilly-sur-Seine, an upscale suburb.
中文例句	(1) 他家后来搬到诺伊市，一个高消费的郊区。
vocabulary简明	Things that are upscale are made for rich people — they are high class, well made, or just plain pricey.
vocabulary扩展	If your friend takes you to a fancy, expensive restaurant for your birthday, you can describe it using the word upscale. Upscale neighborhoods are full of lovely, high-priced homes, and upscale vacations might involve yachts, exotic beaches, and private planes. Upscale is the opposite of downscale, which you could use to describe a run-down motel or a grubby, cheap diner. Both adjectives first came into use in the mid-1960's.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（产品或服务）高档的，质优价高的 Upscale is used to describe products or services that are expensive, of good quality, and intended to appeal to people in a high social class. [usu ADJ n] [ADV after v] [AM 美] Vodka has acquired an upscale image in the US. 伏特加在美国已树立起高档商品的形象。 ...upscale department-store chains such as Bloomingdale's and Saks Fifth Avenue. 诸如布鲁明黛和萨克斯第五大街等高级百货连锁店 Upscale is also an adverb. T-shirts, the epitome of American casualness, have moved upscale. 象征美国休闲风格的T恤，已经向高端消费市场迈进。 in BRIT, use 英国英语用 upmarket

Upscale Describe Moved People High 英 ˌʌp'skeɪl] 美 ˌʌp'skeɪl